Railway mail-bag-receiving device.



W. G. PALMER v RAILWAY MAIL BAG RECEIVING DEVICE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED SEPT. 3, 1910.

Patented Fen. 7, 1911.

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{ UNITED STATES PATENT oFrie \VALTER G. PALMER, OF MOUNT HOOD, OREGON.

vState of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Improvement in RailwayMail-Bag- Receiving Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for deing train. v

In a co-p'ending application for Letters Patent filed by me September 3,1 10, under livering and receiving'mail bags from a mov- Serial No.580,452, I have described and claimed certain improvements concerningmail-hag delivering devices. In my present application I will describeand claim the 1mpro' einents invented by me in mail-bag receivingdevices, for railway service.

The improvements herein described are adapted to be used on the railwaycar; also on railway station. The purpose of such improvements is toobtain etlieient devices, inexpensive to manufacture and maintain ingood order, convenient to use, and embodying the features hereinafterset. forth, facilitating their use, andhaving a tendency to avoidaccidental injury.

In the accompanying drawings constituting a part hereof, Figure l is apartial horizontal section of the door portion of a mail car showing intop view my mail-bag delivering and receiving devices arranged inposition to both deliv r and receive mail- Fig. is a top view of themail-bag delivering device provided at the station; Fig. at is anelevation of a part of the right-hand door-jamb of a mail car, showing afront view of my mail-bag receiver in its inactive, out-of-the-wa xposition; Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail of my receiver and that part ofthe rod on which it is slidably and rotatably mounted; this view inparticular illustrating the means provided for latching the receiver inits active position, projecting exterior of the car; Fig. 6 is a partialfront elevation of my receiver as arranged at the stat-ion. the devicebeing shown in its inactive position; Fig. 7 shows a portion of thedoorjamb of a mail car and a side elevation of the mail-bag deliveringdevice suspended from the car, in delivering position; and in the lefthand of this figure is shown my receiver as arranged at the station; there- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 3, 1910.

BAIIFWAY MAIL-BAG-RECEIVING DEVICE.

Patented Feb. '7, 1911.

Serial No. 580,451

ceiver being locked in its active position,

ready to catch the mail bag from the delivering devices ofthe car; and lig. 8 illustrates substantially the same features as the preceding view,except that the parts are reversed; the mail-hag being shown as suspended from the delivering device provided at the station, and is aboutto he caught therefrom by the receiver provided on the car. Figs. 1. and3 considered together illustrate the relation and cooperative action ofthe delivering and renewing (lQ\']CL!-3 provided on the mai car and at;the station respec-tivel v.

)escribing in the first instance the application of nrv invention to arailway car; to the door jambs, a, (I, are fastened slotted boxes, (1.,a, in which are secured the ends of round rod, Z), such ends heingflattened and the parts arranged to hold the rod against rotation.

Atthe right end of the rod, 6, as shown in Fig. l, are providedoppositely projecting ribs, (.1, c, and there slidably mounted on saidend a carrier, the hub, (Z, of which is adapted to he slid over theribs, 0, 0, when such carrier is to be su ported in perpendicularposition; and when the carrier (Z is moved oil the ribs, 0, c, it may berotated on the rod, 11. The carrier provided with handles, a, by whichto rotate the same, and with arms, f, f, supporting at their extremitieslatch-hars, g, to which the straps provided at the ends of a mailbag areallixed to support the latter in position to be caught by-the device Iam about todescribc. The construction and arrangement of said deliveringdevices inlly dcscribcd in my said co-pending application.

On the left of the rod. 7/, as shown in Fig. 1, is slidably androtatably mounted the device I term receiver, 72. is provided with avhandle. 2', and a springcontrolled latch, j. The latch comprises amember, j, adapted to he seated, by the action of the sprinpyk, in agroove, 1, formed in the rod, L. The groove, Z, has an inclinedterminus, Z, and the latch member, 7". is provided with a rounded part,7'". These details are more clearly shown in Fig. 5. Vhen the latch j isdisengaged from the groove Z of the rod 6, it may be. rotated on thelatter. When on the other hand, the latch j is in engagement with thegroove 5 of the rod 6 it is supported in its horizontal, active positionas shown in Fig. 1.

The hub thereof' By considering Figs. 1, .2, and 3 together, therelation and operation of my delivering and receiving devices providedon the mail- "ar and the station respectively, will be readilyunderstood. As shown in said figures,-a mail-bag is suspended indelivering position and is about to be engaged by the receiver providedat the station; and there is also shown a receiver in active *iositionon the car to'catch the bag suspended from the delivering devicesprovided at the station as shown in Fig. 3. The receiver is providedwith arms or, or, adapted to catch the until-bag 0 at the middle andpull the same otl' the arms 7) of the holding device y at the station.The impact of the receiver it. with the mail-bag 0 will slide the.former to the right on the rod 1) as shown in Fig. 1, thus causing thecurved part j of the latch member j to strike against the inclinedterminus .Z'- of the groove I in the rod 5, with the effect that thelatch will be disengaged from the said groove Z of the rod Z), and thereceiver 71 will be permitted to turn around, bringing the arms m, m, ofthe receiver inside of the car and depositing the mail-bag on the floorof the latter. \Vhen the receiver it is not in use it is convenient toarrange the same as shown in Fig. 4; the receiver hanging pendent andthe extremities of the'arms m, m, bearing against the exterior of thedoor jamb of the car, thus holding the receiver in pendent,out-of-the-way position. When to be used in picking up the mail-bag froma delivering device at a station, the receiver is lifted to itshorizontal position and the latch en- I gaged with the groove Z of therod 7 The arrangement and operation of a receiver provided at a stationis substantially the same as that provided on the car.

To the postp is attixed a bracket 8 provided with a ribbed quadrant t.On the bracket .9 are hinged arms u. u, to the extremities of which ishinged round rod 1' on which is mounted a receiver 1c, in all respectsof the same construction, and also operating the same as the receiver7:, mounted on the rod 1) of the car. A bumper y is mounted on the rod2; for the receiver 'w to strike against when slid along the rod o bythe impact of the arms w of the receiver with the mail-bag suspendedfrom the delivering device of the passing train. The arm u is lockedwith a rib-faced quadrant t sutliciently to tempo- 'arily hold the armsn, u and the devices thereby supported in projected position, as shownin Fig. 2. The rod 1; is provided with a longitudinal groove 0', and thereceiver w is provided with a latch w, these parts operating the same asdo the like parts of the receiver on the car. This is to say, the impactof the receiver w with the mail-bag suspended from the car, causes thelatch 20 to be automatically disengaged from the groove '1." of the rodr. The re ceiver will then drop down out of the way, as shown in Fig.(i, and next the supporting devices thereof will be collapsed, as shownby the broken outline 2 in Fig.

I claim: I

1. In a railway mail-bag receiving device, the combination of a rodhorizontally supported; a receiver rotatably and slidably mounted onsaid rod, and provided with arms adapted to catch a suspended mail-bag;said receiver provided with a spring-controlled latch having a rounded3. In a railway mail-bag receiving device,"

the combination of a support, arms hinged thereto, a rod hinged to theextremities of the arms, means temporarily locking said rod-suspendingarms in projected position; a receiver rotatably and slidably mounted onsaid rod, provided with arms adapted to catch a suspended mail-bag;means on the rod and the receiver by which the latter may be secured inprojecting positiomsaid means adapted to release the receiver and permitit to drop by the sliding of the receiver along the rod; said armshiugedly support ing the rod, and being adapted to be collapsed by theimpact of the receiver with the mail-bag which it catches.

4. In a railway mail-bag receiving device, the continuation of asupport, arms hinged thereto, a rod hinged to the extremities of thearms, means temporarily locking said rod-suspending arms in projectedposition; a receiver rotatably and slidably mounted on said rod, andprovided with arms adapted to catch a suspended mail-bag; said receiverprovided with a spring-controlled latch having a rounded end, and saidrod provided with 1 longitudinal groove, having an inclined terminus,for the purpose specified; said arms hingedly supporting the rod, andbeing adapted to be collapsed by the impact of the receiver with themail-bag which it, catches.

5. In a railway mail-bag receiving device, the combination of a support,arms hinged thereto, a rod hinged to the extremities of the arms, meanstemporarily locking said rod-suspending arms in projected position;

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a receiver rotatably and slidably mounted on said rod, and provided witharms adapted to catch a suspended mail-bag; means on the rod and thereceiver by which the latter ma v be secured in projecting position,said mains adapted to release the receiver and permit it to drop by thesliding of the receiver along the rod; a bumper on the rod for thereceiver to strike against; said arms hingedly supporting the rod, and

being adapted to be collapsed by the impact of the receiver with themail-bag which it;

(F. In a railway mail-bag receiving device, the combination of asupport, arms hinged thereto, a rod hinged to the extremities of thearms, means temporarily locking said rod-suspemling arms in projectedposition; a receiver rota'tabl and slidably mounted on said rod, andprovided with arms adapted to catch a suspended mailbag; said receiverprovided with a spring-controlled latch having a rounded end, and saidrod provided with a. longitudinal groove, having an inclined terminus,for the purpose specified; a bumper on the rod for the receiver tostrike against"; said arms hingedly supporting the rod, and beingadapted to be'collaps'ed by the impact of the receiver with the mailbagwhich it catches.

7.111 a rail vay mail-bagreceiving device, the combination of a support,arms hinged thereto, a rod hinged to the extremities of the arms, meanstemporarily locking Saidrod-suspemling arms in projected pos' ion; a1'Q(81\'01' mounted on said rod; said arms hingedl supporting the rodand being adapted to be collapsed by the Impact of the receiver with themail-hag which itcatches.

\VALTER G. PALMER.

\Vitnesses JV. I'IARDINGER, O. 0. Mann).

